Sonic 3 US manual

Cite as: Sonic 3 US manual
Original: https://archive.org/details/sonic-the-hedgehog-3-manual-1994
sha256: c6bd6a00f7032d064a8639060b20d1d8efdc8e56f6ef1108be51e181f9448839
Archived: https://archive.org/download/sonic-the-hedgehog-3-manual-1994/Sonic%20the%20Hedgehog%203%20Manual%20%281994%29_djvu.txt
Accessed: 2026-10-26
Licence: © Sega of America; scan hosted by the Internet Archive; quoted briefly
Credit: Sega of America; scan uploaded to the Internet Archive.
Notes: Printed page numbers are two lower than the scan's PDF pages (PDF p. 7 prints 5; PDF p. 30 prints 28). Locators in the quote file use printed pages. The manual covers zones and acts (p. 5), Knuckles (p. 6), saves (p. 10), the three shields (pp. 12-13), Special/Bonus Stages (p. 14), and credits (pp. 28-29).

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The Sonic 3 manual describes six zones of two acts each, which it calls three times larger than Sonic 2's.	`p. 5p. 5`	Manual
Sonic 3 keeps up to six games in the cartridge, and a game is saved to its slot when it ends or when the player presses Reset.	`p. 10, Game Save Featurep. 10, Game Save Featurep. 10, Game Save Feature`	Manual
The Sonic 3 manual introduces three shields: the Flame Shield guards against fire and gives Sonic a mid-air dash, the Water Shield lets him breathe underwater and bounce, and the Lightning Shield draws rings to him, guards against electric attacks, and gives him a double jump.	`p. 12, Sonic Power-Upsp. 12, Sonic Power-Upsp. 13, Sonic Power-Ups (Continued)`	Manual
In Sonic 3, Knuckles is an antagonist who knows the island's hidden passages and blocks Sonic's path. Takashi Iizuka said the plan from the start was that Knuckles would first be an enemy and later become playable.	`p. 6`	Manual